And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean, That cannot be at rest,— We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay; By silence sanctifying, not concealing, The grief that must have way.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807–1882 · poet · 1800s USAHenry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet whose story-poems, like Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha, were memorized and recited in homes and schoolrooms across America.41 quotes

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What turned up: “Resignation,” final two stanzas, The Seaside and the Fireside; Full public-domain poem read. Complete closing sentence spans two stanzas. Christian consolation for a dead child elsewhere in the poem is acknowledged; ending allows grief expression rather than demanding concealment. Gutenberg double
Work: “Resignation,” final two stanzas, The Seaside and the Fireside
Sources checked: gutenberg.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026“Resignation,” final two stanzas, The Seaside and the Fireside; Full public-domain poem read. Complete closing sentence spans two stanzas. Christian consolation for a dead child elsewhere in the poem is acknowledged; ending allows grief expression rather than demanding concealment. Gutenberg double